Pat Clifton | Postman Pat Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Matt Clifton (cousin) Patrick "Pat" Clifton, infamously known as Postman Pat, was the village postman for Greendale and has now been promoted to head of the Special Delivery Service in nearby Pencaster. Pat lived at Forge Cottage in Greendale with his wife Sara and son Julian, who is six years old. His pet cat Jess also comes with him on his post rounds. Contents [ show ] Biography As a young lad, Pat used to think that he might like to be a train driver, but of course this was just a childhood idea. Pat's working life started as being the local postman of Greendale in Cumbria. Everyday as he went around on his rounds, he was always the man with the answers and the helping hand for everything. Eventually, his helpful nature was known by everyone and the locals of Greendale adored him. By this point, Pat knew he had picked just the right occupation and there is no other job he would rather have. Being a postman gives him the oppitunity to see all his friends and neighbours daily, not just within the village, but also in the beautiful countryside outside.

He loves to get the chance to stop and have a chat with them and the sight of their smiling faces when they recieve a card or a present from a loved one truely makes Pat's day. By the time his next birthday came round, the Pencaster Gazette awarded him the "Postman of the Year", for being such a helpful postman. As the said newspaper had listed his birthday for that week, Pat was most surprised that everyone seemed to know that which he had meant to keep a secret, until he saw the article. Pat is always glad to take his cat Jess with him on his rounds; to Pat, life would not be the same without his feline companion and he sometimes feels that he is the brains of the outfit. Pat soon recieved his own post bus as well as the van, which he first tested on a journey to Ingledale. After this, he only use it on special occasions and if the van broke down, or in the case of Ted Glen's robot postman use it as a reinforced pursuit vehicle. But eventually, it was decided that the post bus was not so important for the postal service, so Pat sold it to the school as their own personal transport.

When Pat started to get overloaded with more and more parcels, he was given his very own postal trolley similar to those he had once seen in London. When the railway running through Greendale was reopened, Pat then became able to send off out of Greendale mail, by loading it onto the mail truck coupled behind the steam locomotive known as the Greendale Rocket. Pat's reliability soon promoted him to the Special Delivery Service. If ever a call came through on his special moblie telephone that the service gave to him, he would in drive down to the SDS HQ in Pencaster and then transport his very special deliveries in one of his many different modes of transport that the service have to offer. With both the roles of working for the Post Office in Greendale and the Special Delivery Sorting Off in Pencaster, Pat's days are never typical, because anything could happen; usually it can and he would never know how. Pat likes it best that way, as it means that his job is never ever dull. Persona Pat is a helpful postman, who always knows best and has an opinion that every one of his many friends respects.

He does sometimes have a knack of getting into muddles if there is one small change to the way his day of delivering the mail goes, but every cloud has a silver lining as they say and Pat is soon back on track, making sure all of Greendale gets its mail and that all his friends are happy by the end of the day. Pat loves his family, friends, job and hometown. To him, all of these things mixed with the loving community he lives in, make him feel like the luckiest man on earth! Job As his world wide title suggests, Pat is a postman. Attire When at work, Pat wears the postman's uniform dating from the 1970's, which comprises of a dark blue hat, jacket and trousers. In the snows of winter, Pat used to were his own winter coat over his uniform, but lately, when the snow comes, he wears a fluorescent jacket provided by the post office to help him stand out against the white background.

Vehicles PAT 6 (SDS Forklift Truck) PAT 7 (SDS OFF ROAD 4+4) PAT 8 (SDS Snow Jet Ski; converted from PAT 5) Pat also has a postal trolley for carrying parcels around Greendale. Pat has also got a bicycle with a basket on the front to carry Jess. Inspiration Postman Pat first came about when the BBC were thinking up an idea for a new pre-school children's series set in the countryside. John Cunliffe who was a teacher at Castle Park School in Kendal was told about the project by the parent of one of his students who suggested that he should send some of the stories that he had been writing for children to the project leader as they were looking for writers. Later on, John met up with Cynthia Felgate in London who asked him to be the writer for project. John then suggested that the leading character could be the local postman, which Cynthia liked straight away. So John Cunliffe went back to Kendal to start working on writing about the adventures of the locally known postman and history was made.

John Cunliffe has stated that Pat is based on the postmen of Kendal; there was small post office at the end of John's street and he became a close friend of the post office shop keeper, who told him the daily work that country postmen do, which later helped to form Postman Pat's character. Popular culture For many years, Postman Pat featured in many of his own stage shows in different theatres around the country and been one of the many characters in Live stage shows of Cbeebies. There is a Postman Pat Village at Longleat Safari Park in Warminster, which is mainly made up of models of different parts of Greendale made up to look like they do the television screen and models of different characters from the show, each with there own mechanical movements. Postman Pat and his cat Jess were two of the many children's characters to feature at The Children's Party at the Palace, both a garden party and a live television show on BBC1 which was put on in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday. During the pre-recorded parts of the programme, Pat and Jess had to deliver the invitations to the party.

According to Pat this day's events were the highlight of his career, esspecially when he had his photograph taken with the Queen. Postman Pat and the Big Screen After 30 years of fame on the television screen, the BBC revealed in 2011, that Postman Pat would appear in his very first feature length movie. It was set to be released in 2013, but was pushed back to 2014. The film was shown in CGI and depicted Pat (voiced by Stephen Mangan) entering a TV talent show and then struggling between a life of fame and his usual life of delivering the post. Appearances As the title character, Postman Pat has appeared in every episode of the series and its many other mediums. Performers Postman Pat - YIFY TV Series Torrent Download - YIFY Movies Animation Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale. Postman Pat′s first 13-episode series was screened on BBC1 in 1981.

John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts, and it was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on The Magic Roundabout, Paddington Bear, and The Herbs. Following the success of the first series, and that of several TV specials in between, a second series of 13 episodes was produced by the same crew in 1996. Here, Pat had a family for the first time. A new version of the series has been produced by Cosgrove Hall from 2004, which expanded on many aspects of the original series. For the first time in the programme's history, Postman Pat was no longer sponsored by the Royal Mail, which previously had used the show as a marketing vehicle for them. This link was dropped in November 2000, with the Royal Mail spokesman saying the character no longer fitted in with the company's "corporate image". Subsequent to this decision, Postman Pat became an employee of the fictional Special Delivery Service.

Score: 8.8/10 from 3 votes First Air Date: 1981-09-18 1000+ images about Postman Pat on Pinterest | Full movies online, Endocrine system and Cartoon Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Postman Pat Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale. 77 Pins70 Followers Postman Pat | Postman Pat Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. "Postman Pat" redirects here. For the character, see Pat Clifton . "Special Delivery Service" redirects here. For the service, see Special Delivery Service . Postman Pat, later known as Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service was a stop motion-animated children's television series.

Contents [ show ] About Postman Pat revolves around the adventures of the local postman Pat Clifton in the village of Greendale as drives around on his post rounds. Later in the series he is promoted to the Special Delivery Serive in the neighbouring seaside town of Pencaster and delivers very special packages in a how range of different vehicles. History Postman Pat first came about when the BBC were thinking up an idea for a new pre-school children's series set in the countryside. John Cunliffe who was a teacher at Castle Park School in Kendal was told about the project by the parent of one of his students who suggested that he should send some of the stories that he had been writing for children to the project leader as they were looking for writers. Later on, John met up with Cynthia Felgate in London who asked him to be the writer for project. John then suggested that the leading character could be the local postman, which Cynthia liked straight away. So John Cunliffe went back home to start working on writing about the adventures of the locally known postman and history was made.

John Cunliffe has stated that Pat is based on the postmen of Kendal; there was small post office at the end of John's street and he became a close friend of the post office shop keeper, who told him the daily work that country postmen do, which later helped to form Postman Pat's character. From 1980's-1990's the series was animated by Woodland Studios which iconically known for animating other television shows like "The Wombles" and "Paddington". In the first series, all the voices were done by Ken Barrie . After the educational special Postman Pat's 123, Carole Boyd joined the team to mainly play the child and adult female characters while Ken contiuned to play Granny Dryden and the male adults. Since 2003, the series was animated by Cosgrove Hall which is know for the creation of shows like "Dangermouse", "The Wind in the Willows" and "Noddy's Toyland Adventures". At this point the narrator was dropped and a full voice cast was introduced. New voice overs stepped in to play new characters and to take over the roles of the child characters from Carol Boyd.

This new series also saw the start of a full writing team, in contrast to all the episodes being written by John Cunliffe. Since 2008, Pat moved into a new frontier known as "Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service" when he delivers very unusual parcel sent into the sorting office in Pencaster in a selection of different vehicles other than just his normal Royal Mail van. At this point, while Ken Barrie still voiced most of the same characters he had voiced in the past, Lewis MacLeod who voiced the shows newst character Ben Taylor also took over the role of Pat. In the next season of 2013, Ken Barrie left the cast all together; Lew MacLeod and new cast members, Bradley Clarkson and Dan Milne took over his roles. In 2009, Pat's cat Jess got his own spin-off series aimed at pre-schoolers, Guess with Jess. In this same year Specsavers Optical Group Ltd. used Postman Pat in one of its TV advertisments, featuring the current voice cast at the time. Pat and various other characters from the series also appeared in Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band for Children in Need.

In 2011, as the Postman Pat celebrated its 30th birthday, the BBC announced that the famous postman was to be coming to motion picture screen. Postman Pat the Movie was finally released in 2014. In 2013, the television series moved into a new animation studio. Mackinnnon and Saunders Ltd. which animated shows like "Pingu", "Rastamouse" and "Toby's Traveling Circus" and the films "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" also took over the filming process of "Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service". The company had also only been previously responsible for manufacturing the puppets from Season 3 onwards. On Monday 29th February, 2016, Postman Pat will also start being shown on Tiny Pop.

Seasons Season 2 (subtitled Postman Pat and his Black and White Cat) (1996) Season 3 (2004) Season 6 (subtitled Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service) (2008) Season 7 (subtitled Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service) (2013) Postman Pat | CBBC on Choice Wikia | Fandom powered by Wikia CBBC on Choice Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations.

It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale near Kendal).[3] Postman Pat′s first 13-episode series was screened on BBC1 in 1981.[4] John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts, and it was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on The Magic Roundabout, The Wombles, Paddington Bear, and The Herbs. Following the success of the first series, and that of several TV specials in between, a second series of 13 episodes was produced by the same crew in 1996. Here, Pat had a family for the first time. A new version of the series has been produced by Cosgrove Hall from 2004, which expanded on many aspects of the original series. In 2000, Royal Mail stopped using Postman Pat for their promotional and charity work.[5][6] The television programme continues to use the Royal Mail logo on his postal van PAT 1.

Contents Edit Each episode follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a friendly country postman, and his "black and white cat" Jess, as he delivers the post through the valley of Greendale. Although he initially concentrates on delivering his letters, he nearly always becomes distracted by a concern of one of the villagers and is usually relied upon to resolve their problems. Notable villagers include the postmistress, Mrs Goggins; Alf Thompson, a farmer; and the local handyman and inventor, Ted Glen. In the new series, Postman Pat Special Delivery Service (SDS), Postman Pat has been promoted to Head of the SDS and is now called upon to deliver anything. Each episode follows Postman Pat until 2013 on a Special Delivery mission, from rescuing a runaway cow to delivering a giant ice cube. In his new role, Postman Pat commutes to the nearby town of Pencaster where he collects his special deliveries from the Pencaster Mail Centre. Postman Pat now has a new fleet of vehicles including a helicopter, 4x4 Jeep and motorbike, complete with side-car for Jess.

Setting Edit Postman Pat is set in the fictional village of Greendale and the nearby town of Pencaster, on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Greendale is a large, busy village situated in the heart of the Cumbrian countryside. Running through the centre of the village is the High Street, home to Mrs Goggins' Post Office and shop, an unofficial meeting house for the residents. Located on the edge of the village is the railway station, home to the Greendale Rocket. Nisha Bains runs a popular café there with Sara while her husband Ajay runs a regular schedule on the Greendale Rocket to the nearby town of Pencaster. In the original series (1 and 2), Greendale consisted of windy and narrow country roads in the valley which usually had some involvement as to why Pat had problems with his rounds, as the lanes would be blocked or full of snow drifts that were not passable. Pencaster is a large, bustling, modern town located within easy commuting distance for the villagers of Greendale.

Situated on the waterfront, Pencaster is a hive of activity, boasting a market square in the centre surrounded by shops, houses, a large railway station, state-of-the-art buildings and a boat jetty. In the second series of the show from the mid-90s, the area is referred to as Garner Bridge, and is located in Greendale. For example, in the episode "Postman Pat and the Suit of Armour", Greendale Post Office is referred to as "Garner Bridge Post Office". Ingledale is another large, busy village town situated in the heart of the North Yorkshire countryside, only seen once in the short second series of 1991. The inspiration for the post office itself comes from that located on the Kendal street where Cunliffe lived when he was writing the original treatment. The post office, at 10 Greenside, closed in 2003.[8] Characters See also: List of recurring characters in Postman Pat Main characters Pat Clifton, better known as Postman Pat, was the village postman for Greendale and has now been promoted to head of the 'Special Delivery Service' in nearby Pencaster.

Pat lives at Forge Cottage in Greendale with his wife Sara and son Julian, who is six years old. In the movie, he decides to win a trip to Italy with Sara. Jess the Cat is Pat's black and white cat who goes everywhere with him.[9] B Edit Ajay Bains — train driver. He is in charge of the Pencaster Flyer as well as his beloved Greendale Rocket steam train. He and his family have moved to Pencaster from India. Nikhil Bains — Ten-month-old baby boy of Ajay and Nisha. Nisha Bains — Ajay’s wife, who combines running the Station Café with looking after her two children, Meera (8) and Nikhil (ten months). Meera Bains — Eight-year-old daughter of Ajay and Nisha and also Julian Clifton's pen pal . Shabnam Bains — Unseen, but Ajays' first child, who lives in India with her grandmother. Mrs. Bains — Unseen, but the mother of Ajay, who lives with her granddaughter Shabnam in India. C Edit Jess the Cat — Postman Pat's black-and-white cat.

He is very clever and always seems to be able to help people when they are in need. Julian Clifton — Seven-year-old schoolchild and the only child of Postman Pat and Sara. Pat Clifton — Postman, main character and primary protagonist; husband of Sara and father of Julian. He always manages to land himself in difficult and/or amusing situations, and is friends with almost everyone in Greendale and the surrounding countryside of whom he meets on his rounds. Sara Clifton — Pat's wife and Julian's mother. In the early episodes, Sara is a stay-at-home mother, but from Series 3 onwards, she has a part-time job in the station cafe with her new friend Nisha. She has a fairly insignificant role in the show but remains structurally integral to the character cast. "Postman Pat and the Big Surprise" mentioned that Sara once worked in a Post Office. Mat Clifton — Pat's American cousin and Julian's uncle and appeared in "Postman Pat's Pirate Treasure" since he hid the Greendale cup years ago when he was young. He came to Greendale to find it with the help from Pat, Meera and Julian in time for the Flower Show.

D Edit Granny Dryden — Granny Dryden is a friendly old lady who lives in a cottage in the Greendale countryside with Miss Hubbard (the character has not been shown or seen on the show since 2005). She is mildly infirm, hence her asking Pat to help her with assorted household jobs. She is also very hard of hearing, begetting the need for Pat to talk loudly to her. She has lots of old belongings, many of which she has given to Pat and others, for example a tuba in "Postman Pat and the Tuba" and an old diary to Miss Hubbard in "Postman Pat and the Suit of Armour". F Edit Peter Fogg — Peter is another farmer who works at Greendale Farm with the Pottages and lives with his wife Jenny. Major Forbes — Major Forbes is an old, deerstalker wearing army major and says things such as "Eh what?" "Old chap" and "good man." G Edit Ted Glen/Ted Glenn — Ted is the local handyman and can just about fix anything you'd ever need to mend.

Ted is something of an inventor and enjoys inventing strange contraptions; he mostly occupies himself with general pottering about in his workshop or fixing his ageing Land-Rover lorry/full-sized pick-up truck. Sarah Gilbertson — Brunette wide haired schoolchild, daughter of Dr. Sylvia Gilbertson. She can be very bossy and full of herself, sometimes with explosive results, but is good friends with all the local children. Dr. Sylvia Gilbertson — Greendale's blonde Welsh doctor and mother of Sarah Gilbertson. Bonnie Goggins — Mrs Goggins' white West Highland Terrier. Mrs Goggins — The village postmistress in Greendale, Mrs Goggins came to Greendale from Scotland and has a small West Highland Terrier, Bonnie. Her full name is Euphegenia Gertrude Goggins. H Rebecca Hubbard — Miss Hubbard is a friend of Pat who also lives in a cottage in the countryside like Granny Dryden. She has her own bike and always likes to go to choir practice. L Michael Lam — He runs the mobile shop and library. George Lancaster — A farmer at Intake Farm.

P Edit Julia Pottage — Black-haired orchard farmer, mother of Katy and Tom. Katy Pottage — Blonde girl with twin brother Tom. Tom Pottage — Timid blond boy with twin sister Katy. Charlie Pringle — Seven years old and very clever; loves science. In some ways he looks similar to Pat, because he has a long nose and glasses. Jeff Pringle — School teacher and father of Charlie. S Edit Arthur Selby — The black-haired policeman with a moustache, he patrols in Greendale and Pencaster. The father of Lucy Selby, usually referred to as just PC Selby, or Arthur in the case of the adults of Greendale. He is highly incompetent and also takes his business very seriously. Lucy Selby — Brunette schoolchild and the seven-year-old daughter of PC Selby. T Edit Ben Taylor — General Manager of the Pencaster Sorting Office who works with Pat for the Special Delivery Service. Lauren Taylor — Wife of Ben and the new schoolteacher in Greendale. Lizzy Taylor — Nine-year-old schoolchild and daughter of Ben and Lauren. Lizzy is a wheelchair user and has been since birth.

Alf Thompson — Alf is a black-haired farmer with a moustache who runs Thompson Ground with his wife Dorothy. Bill Thompson — Black-haired ten-year-old schoolchild and the son of Alf and Dorothy. Dorothy Thompson — A blonde farmer's wife, Dorothy runs Thompson Ground with Alf Thompson. Reverend Timms — The white-haired local Vicar in Greendale. W Edit Sam Waldron — Sam Waldron is the owner of a mobile shop. He is a good old friend of Pat; they once assisted each other by delivering together. Pat often picks up the odd pack of biscuits or cough medicine from the shop. Amy Wrigglesworth — Amy is a vet who has come to work from Skegness. Pumpkin Wrigglesworth — Pumpkin is Amy's Welsh mountain pony and can be very stubborn and grumpy. Episode list The episode number follows the first broadcast order. Series 1 (1981) "Pat Takes a Message" It has been wild and windy in Greendale, and the telephone lines are down. Pat calls to collect an Australian stamp from the Reverend Timms, who will be visiting London to meet his sister Elsie from Australia.

When Pat arrives at the Post Office, Elsie phones Mrs Goggins (her phone still works) to say she will come straight to Greendale because her flight was diverted to Manchester, and Pat has to catch up with the Reverend, with the help of Miss Hubbard's bicycle, and Ted's roller skates. Will Pat be able to stop the Reverend from catching the train to London? Series 2 (1996) "Postman Pat's Great Big Birthday" 2 April 2005 Everyone in Greendale is helping to arrange a surprise party for Pat. The preparations are underway with kids, adults and even Ted's machines helping out. But all the while Pat thinks friends and family have forgotten his special day. Will everything go to plan and be ready in time for the big surprise? This episode also features the unanticipated return of Sam Waldron, Miss Hubbard, George Lancaster, Peter Fogg, Granny Dryden and Major Forbes. Postman Pat Special Delivery Service Edit In the latest series, Postman Pat Special Delivery Service, Postman Pat has been given a promotion to Head of the Special Delivery Service (SDS).

Despite the promotion, Pat does, however, now have a boss, Ben, who tends to give him instructions (whereas he was his own master before the "promotion"). Pat also seems to make more mistakes in his work since moving to SDS, largely because the new format is always based on one delivery, which has to go wrong somehow (thus often because of Pat's errors). Postman Pat SDS features an expanded and diverse cast, a fleet of new vehicles, a world full of gadgets and the new town of Pencaster. Postman Pat Special Delivery Service first screened on BBC2 on 29 September 2008. The new series was commissioned by the BBC and produced by Entertainment Rights and Cosgrove Hall. Postman Pat's vehicles Royal Mail fleet service van (Pat 1): Pat's bright red van is a small 'box' type van based on a Bedford HA, with the registration, "PAT 1".[10] For the first seven episodes of series one, it featured a generic crown-style symbol, which was designed to be similar to the official Royal Mail symbol. When the Royal Mail gave the programme makers permission to use their official symbol, the crown was replaced with the Royal Mail cruciform.

Royal Mail fleet service bus (Pat 2): Postman Pat's postbus, which was bigger than the van, which could carry passengers and freight as well as parcels, offering Postbus service. It first appeared in the 1991 special "Postman Pat takes the bus", in which Pat took it out for a trial run with the villagers to Ingledale. It was used in "Postman Pat and the Tuba", when Pat had to use it when his van broke down. It was used later to catch a robot and take the school children on a mystery tour. From series 4 onwards his post bus was painted yellow to become the school mini bus. SDS Van (Pat 2): Pat's huge eco-van, much bigger than the small van and can carry special deliveries. SDS Helicopter (Pat 3): Postman Pat now has his pilot's licence and his own helicopter, which he uses to complete tricky special deliveries across Greendale and Pencaster. SDS Mini Van (Pat 4): Special Delivery Service mini van. It looks identical to Pat's Royal Mail Pat 1 van, but with an SDS design.

(Although Pat 1 can still be seen parked at SDS headquarters in some episodes, such as in the episode "The Disco Machine"). SDS Motorbike (Pat 5): Pat's motorbike, with a side-car for Jess. SDS Forklift Truck (Pat 6): A forklift truck driven by Ben (sometimes Pat) SDS 4x4 (Pat 7): Postman Pat now has a 4x4 (seen from series 2 of Postman Pat: SDS) SDS Postcar (Pat 8) : Postman Pat has a postcar, mainly for urgent deliveries (seen from series 2 of Postman Pat: SDS) Other vehicles Mobile Shop Van: a blue shop van shaped like a Bradford 5 x 5 van driven by Sam Waldron (who is only seen in the first two series from 1981–1996) Greendale Rocket: An old steam engine, driven by Ajay Bains, which has a mail carriage. 4-wheeler jeep and trailer: A 4 × 4 jeep with a trailer that is driven by Amy Wrigglesworth and based on a Jeep Wrangler.

Mini School Bus: a yellow mini bus that was formerly Pat Clifton's post bus in series 1-2. From series 4 onwards, it was painted yellow with black stripe details and is the school mini bus. Forklift: A red forklift that is operated by Ben Taylor (and sometimes by Pat) at the Pencaster Sorting Office. Food van: A food delivery van that has fruit painted on the side driven by Michael Lam. Old truck: An old pick-up truck that is driven by Ted Glen. In the movie, it seems to be driven by someone else. Greendale police car: A police car that is driven by PC Selby. Pencaster Flyer: A blue and red high speed train that is driven by Ajay Bains to carry mail and passengers between Greendale and Pencaster. Character voices Edit Ken Barrie as Postman Pat, Ted Glen, Peter Fogg, P.C. Selby, Major Forbes, Geoff Pringle, Sam Waldron, Granny Dryden, George Lancaster, Alf Thompson, Reverend Timms Carole Boyd as Mrs. Goggins, Dr.

Gilbertson, Charlie Pringle, Sara Clifton, Miss Hubbard, Lucy Selby, Additional voices Outside the main broadcast series Edit Postman Pat: The Movie, a 3D computer-animated feature film, was released in May 2014 in the UK.[11] The film was produced by Lionsgate and Icon Productions and animated by RGH Pictures. The story revolves around Pat entering a talent show audition, which leads to robots taking over his postal service whilst he is away. The film stars Stephen Mangan as the voice of Pat, and also features David Tennant, Rupert Grint and Jim Broadbent.[12] Spin-off A CGI spin-off to the series was made called Guess with Jess which follows Pat's cat Jess now with the ability to talk and his adventures with the farm animals. The series debuted on 9 November 2009. Music Edit Music for the original 1981 series was by Bryan Daly (died January 2012),[13] who wrote a number of songs including the well-known theme tune.

For the 2003 series, pop writer Simon Woodgate scored the show and wrote new songs, including a new closing theme "What's in His Bag?". The theme tune "Postman Pat & His Black and White Cat" was originally sung by Ken Barrie for the original series in the 1980s and '90s. An extended version of the tune was released as a single in the UK where it reached number 44 in the charts in July 1982.[14] The theme tune and songs for the new series and sequel, Postman Pat Special Delivery Service (including "Special Delivery Service, What's It Going to Be Today?), was recorded by Simon Woodgate at Echobass Studios. In 2013 Classic Media released Postman Pat SDS Series 2. The new 26 episode series retained Bryan Daly's original theme tune and Simon Woodgate's closing song, however new character themes and incidental music was composed by Sandy Nuttgens. There is also an album called Postman Pat: Songs And Music From The Television on Post Music released in 1982.

The ever-popular theme song underwent several adaptations; from 1994 to 1996, the theme tune had additional instruments such as synthesised strings and a tambourine. The same was done to the 1995 album version which was an edit of the original 1982 album version. Books As of 2009, over 12 million book titles, including storybooks, integrated learning books, colouring books, and multi-character magazines, have been sold worldwide.[10] Advertising The Postman Pat characters and setting have also been used in the UK and Australia in television advertisements for the company Specsavers.

US VHS releases Postman Pat – Big Boat Adventure Postman Pat Boxset – Great Dinosaur Hunt/Giant Snowball/Spotty Situation/Ice Ladder/Big Butterflies/Spooky Sleepover/Greendale Movie/Train Inspector Postman Pat Boxset-Pirate Treasure/Green Rabbit/Flying Saucers Postman Pat Boxset – Christmas Eve/The Giant Snowball/Magic Christmas Postman Pat Special Delivery Service – A Brand New Mission Postman Pat Special Delivery Service – Pat to the Rescue Postman Pat Boxset: Great Big Party/Postman Pat: Great Dinosaur Hunt/Postman Pat: The Ice Cream Machine Postman Pat Special Delivery Service: Flying Christmas Stocking Postman Pat Special Delivery Service: A Speedy Delivery Postman Pat – Happy Birthday Pat Original series DVD releases Edit DVD releases of classic Postman Pat were limited in availability in various regions. In the UK, only one volume with three episodes from Series 2 was released by Right Entertainment in 2004 under the title Postman Pat in a Muddle.

The same year saw the entire original series released on DVD in Spain, featuring both English and Spanish audio options.[15] No further releases were seen in the UK until 2011 when Classic Media issued all four specials from 1991–1994 on the DVD Happy Birthday Postman Pat. On 3 February 2014, the first and second series were made available in their entirety for the first time in the UK.[16][17] Postman Pat – In A Muddle Postman Pat – Happy Birthday Pat Postman Pat – Postman Pat Takes a Message Postman Pat – Postman Pat's Big Surprise UK VHS releases Edit Between April 1983 and May 1984 three Postman Pat pre-certed titles (before the Uc rating by the BBFC got established in 1985) with twelve episode of the entire first series all except for Letters On Ice [episode 12] were released by Longman Video in its children's treasury range.

Also, one 30-minute title by Longman Video called My Own Postman Pat was released featuring two episodes – Pat's Rainy Day [episode 4] and The Sheep in the Clover Field [episode 5]. On the back covers The Woodland Animations detail was copyrighted in 1982.

VHS video title Pat's Rainy Day (Episode 4), The Sheep in Clover Field (Episode 5), Pat's Tractor Express (Episode 6), Pat's Thirsty Day (Episode 7) Postman Pat 2 (LGVH 5019) October 1983 Pat's Foggy Day (Episode 9), Pat's Difficult Day (Episode 10), Pat Goes Sledging (Episode 11), Pat Takes a Message (Episode 13) Postman Pat 3 (LGVH 5021) May 1984 Postman Pat's Finding Day (Episode 1), Postman Pat and the Magpie Hen (Episode 2), Postman Pat's Birthday (Episode 3), Pat's Windy Day (Episode 8) In Spring 1986 a single video of four Postman Pat stories was released in the Marks and Spencer (originally called St Michael) Video library that was presented by BBC Enterprises Ltd.

VHS video title Postman Pat and the Tuba (Episode 16), Postman Pat and the Barometer (Episode 17) Postman Pat's Bumper Collection (BBCV 5683) 2 October 1995 Postman Pat Takes the Bus (Episode 14), Pat Goes Sledging (Episode 11), Pat's Difficult Day (Episode 10), Postman Pat and the Toy Soldiers (Episode 15), Postman Pat's Birthday (Episode 3) Postman Pat – 2 on 1 (BBCV 5814) 1 April 1996 Postman Pat's Finding Day (Episode 1), The Sheep in the Clover Field (Episode 5), Letters on Ice (Episode 12), Postman Pat and the Magpie Hen (Episode 2), Pat's Foggy Day (Episode 9), Pat Goes Sledging (Episode 11) Postman Pat and the Hole in the Road (BBCV 5891) 2 September 1996 Postman Pat and the Hole in the Road (Episode 18), Postman Pat and the Suit of Armour (Episode 19

), Postman Pat in a Muddle (Episode 20), Postman Pat Misses the Show (Episode 21) Postman Pat's Bumper Bag (BBCV 6223) 5 May 1997 Pat's Windy Day (Episode 8), Pat's Rainy Day (Episode 4), Pat Takes A Message (Episode 13), Postman Pat and the Tuba (Episode 16), Postman Pat and the Barometer (Episode 17) Postman Pat Has Too Many Parcels (BBCV 6123) 15 September 1997 Postman Pat Has Too Many Parcels (Episode 25), Postman Pat Follows the Trail (Episode 22), Postman Pat Has The Best Village (Episode 23), Postman Pat Paints The Ceiling (Episode 24) Postman Pat's Big Surprise (BBCV 6539) 7 September 1998 Postman Pat and the Big Surprise (Episode 26), Postman Pat and the Robot (Episode 27), Postman Pat takes Flight (Episode 28), Postman Pat and the Beast of Greendale

 (Episode 29) Postman Pat's Big Surprise (Limited Edition) (BBCV 6706) 7 September 1998 Postman Pat and the Big Surprise (Episode 26), Postman Pat and the Robot (Episode 27), Postman Pat takes Flight (Episode 28), Postman Pat and the Beast of Greendale (Episode 29), Postman Pat and the Mystery Tour (Episode 30) Postman Pat's Special Delivery (BBCV 6770) 12 April 1999 Postman Pat Follows a Trail, Postman Pat and the Hole in the Road, Postman Pat and the Tuba (Episode 16) Postman Pat - More Adventures from Pat and his friends (2 on 1 BBCV 6952) 15 November 1999 Pat's Thirsty Day (Episode 7), Pat's Windy Day (Episode 8), Pat's Difficult Day (Episode 10), Pat's Rainy Day (Episode 4), Pat's Tractor Express (Episode 6), Postman Pat's Birthday (Episode 3), Pat Takes a Message (Episode 13

) Postman Pat's Big Video!

(BBCV 6945) 2 May 2000 Postman Pat and the Robot (Episode 27), Postman Pat Paints the Ceiling (Episode 24), Postman Pat and the Suit of Armour (Episode 19), Postman Pat and the Mystery Tour (Episode 30), Postman Pat Has Too Many Parcels (Episode 25), Postman Pat Misses the Show (Episode 21) Postman Pat's Favourites (BBCV 6985) 2 October 2000 Postman Pat in a Muddle (Episode 20), Postman Pat Has the Best Village (Episode 23), Postman Pat and the Big Surprise (Episode 26), Postman Pat Takes Flight (Episode 28), Postman Pat and the Hole in the Road (Episode 18), Postman Pat and the Beast of Greendale (Episode 29) Postman Pat's Prize Postbag (BBCV 7143) 8 May 2001 Postman Pat Takes the Bus (Episode 14), Postman Pat and the Toy Soldiers (Episode 15), Postman Pat and the Tuba

 (Episode 16), Postman Pat and the Barometer (Episode 17) Broadcasters in other countries This section does not cite any references or sources.

Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2013) In mainland China, the series launched on China's dominant broadcast platform, China Central Television (CCTV) in July 2008. The show was dubbed into Chinese. In Hong Kong, Postman Pat Special Delivery has aired on ATV World in English. In New Zealand, the original series has aired on TV2 (New Zealand) and the new SDS series currently screens on Kidzone, the children's show on TVNZ6. In Australia Postman Pat is on Cartoon Network and ABC Kids. In 2005, Postman Pat was sold to the Japanese division of Disney Channel, finally putting to rest a long-standing misconception in the UK that Japanese television would not take the series because having only three fingers and a thumb on each hand (as Pat does) was a Yakuza symbol.[18] The series is dubbed into Japanese. In the United States, newer episodes of Postman Pat initially aired weekdays at 8:00 AM Eastern time on the HBO Family cable network. The 2004 series used to broadcast weekends on the Qubo channel.

The episodes were unaltered, leaving intact the accents and other distinctly British elements of the series.They no longer air Postman Pat in the United States. In Israel Postman Pat is known as "Dar Ha'davar" and is shown on Channel One, dubbed in to Hebrew. In India, Postman Pat was shown under the heading of "Half Ticket Express" which included various other shows aimed at children. In Indonesia, Postman Pat currently aired in B-Channel. In Iran, Postman Pat was broadcast in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The show was dubbed into Persian under the name Pat-e Postchi.[19] In Malaysia, Postman Pat originally aired on RTM1 in the early 1990s. It reappeared on NTV7 in English in 2008. It is also shown on Astro Ceria bilingually, in both Malay and English. As of November 2009, NTV7 has completed airing of the 2004 series and is airing Postman Pat SDS in its place. As of January 2010, Astro Ceria no longer broadcasts Postman Pat.

NTV7 airs Postman Pat SDS on weekends at 9:00 AM as usual. In the Philippines, the series aired on TV5, dubbed into Tagalog. Cartoon Network (Philippines) also broadcasts until 2009 or 2008. In Canada, Postman Pat is shown on the Treehouse Children's Network.[20] In Arabic, Postman Pat is known as ساعي البريد and shown on Baraem. Europe Edit In the Faroe Islands he is known as Pedda Post and he has repeatedly been broadcast by Kringvarp Føroya. In Scotland, Postman Pat is shown not only in English but also sometimes broadcast as Pàdraig Post, in the Gaelic language, on BBC Scotland. In Wales, no Welsh language version of Postman Pat is currently screened. However, there are VHS tapes available of the original series translated into Welsh that were produced by Sain Video. In the Netherlands the series was also shown dubbed in Dutch. There the series is called Pieter Post. It was first broadcast by NCRV, later on Kindernet and Nickelodeon.

In Catalonia (Spain), Postman Pat is broadcast as Pat el carter, in Catalan language, on Televisió de Catalunya. In Italy Il postino Pat has aired at various times on the RaiSat Ragazzi channel, Raitre and RaiSat YOYO. In Poland the adventures of Listonosz Pat is shown on MiniMini and TVP1. In Russia he is known as Pochtalion Pat (Почтальон Пэт). It was first broadcast by Karusel. In Denmark Postman Pat is known as Postmand Per and his cat is called "Emil" . In Spain Postman Pat is known as Pat el cartero and is shown dubbed in Spanish on Clan TVE. In Norway he is known as Postmann Pat and his cat is called "Miss". The series has been repeatedly broadcast by the NRK. The 1981 series was narrated by actor Sverre Anker Ousdal, whereas the new series are now dubbed in Norwegian. Some parts of the dubbed series are available as DVDs. In Iceland, Pósturinn Páll is how Pat is known to the viewers of Sjónvarpið, the public Icelandic television network.

YLE TV2 of Finland airs the adventures of Postimies Pate. The original 1981 series were also released on VHS in the mid-80's; in those releases, Postman Pat was translated as Posti-Pat. In Austria and Germany, Postman Pat has been broadcast on ORF (Austria) and Super RTL (Germany) with the name "Postbote Pat". In Galicia, Postman Pat is known as "O carteiro Pat" and used to be broadcast on TVG, in Galician language. "O carteiro Pat" is a remembered character for adults, as they watched the TV series on their childhood. Theme tune was translated as "Carteiro Pat e o seu gato Jess". In the Basque Country (Spain), Postman Pat is known as "Patria postaria" and used to be broadcast on ETB 1 in the Basque language. In Sweden, Postman Pat is known as "Postis-Per" and is shown on Nickelodeon and TV4, dubbed into Swedish. Some parts of the dubbed series are available on DVD.

In Portugal, Postman Pat is known as "O Carteiro Paulo" and is shown on RTP2, MOV and Canal Panda, dubbed into Portuguese. In Croatia, Postman Pat is known as "Poštar Pat" and was shown on HRT 2, dubbed into Croatian. In the Czech Republic, Postman Pat is known as "Pošták Pat" and is shown on ČT1, dubbed into Czech. In Cyprus, Postman Pat was known as Taxydromos Pat and was shown dubbed in Greek on the national channel Cybc(RIK). In Greece, Postman Pat was also known as Taxydromos Pat" and was shown on ALTER. In Ireland, Postman Pat is shown on RTÉ Two's the Den. Postman Pat SDS is now also shown Weekdays at 11:05. In Serbia, Postman Pat is known as "Poštar Pet" and was shown on Minimax, dubbed into Serbian language.

In Romania Postman Pat is known as "Postasul Pat" and is also shown on Minimax, dubbed in Romanian Postman Pat Village at Longleat Longleat House has an outdoor reproduction of Greendale village, including the Post Office, the Clifton's house and the Greendale station. It also has a miniature scale model of Greendale.[21] Award nominations In 2006, Postman Pat was nominated for "Best Pre-school Animation Series" at the BAFTA Children's Awards.[22] Parodies Harry Enfield and Chums featured a parody entitled "Il Postino Pat" (the show's Italian title), with an operatic reworking of the theme tune and the characters speaking in Italian. At the end there is a revolution in Greendale and Pat is shot by fascist soldiers.[23] Harry and Paul parodied Postman Pat in series 3 and 4 with "Parking Pataweyo", a stereotypical African traffic warden whose name and theme tune are based on Pat's. Spitting Image in 1987 the topical satirical puppet series, featured Temporary Postman Pratt[24] in a send-up of Royal Mail's employment of temporary postal workers during busy times.

In the opening titles, Pratt can be seen driving a familiar (though yellow in colour) van along country roads before running over a black and white cat. Pratt likes to clear his workload as quickly as he can by dumping the post rather than delivering it. He is portrayed as a student who is lazy and rude. Radio Terry Wogan played the theme tune on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show every morning in the early 1980s, as a joke, but it became a hit.

Repeats Edit Postman Pat has become an instant hit as it has been shown and repeated on BBC1 and BBC2 at lunchtimes and afternoons from 1981 - 2012, CBBC on Choice has also broadcasted Postman Pat, it premiered on Day 1 on Monday 29th November 1999 at 6.30am, 9.30am, 12.30pm and 3.30pm and was the third programme to launch on the channel the first two being the Teletubbies and William's Wish Wellingtons half an hour before from 6.00am - 6.30am, They showed Series 1 from Monday 29th November 1999 - Wednesday 15th December 1999 and re-showed the first 2 episodes as a filler to conclude the week ending Friday 17th December 1999 before taking a 2 week break to broadcast fellow cartoon Bertha at the same times it was shown for Christmas 1999 from Monday 20th December - Friday 31st December 1999.

Postman Pat returned for New Year's Weekend 2000 from 6.00am - 6.45am showing the first 6 episodes as a triple bill to welcome the new millennium alongside Pigeon Street , Pingu , Mr Benn and Bob the Builder . It returned to weekdays on Monday 3rd January 2000 at 6.25am, 9.25am, 12.25pm and 3.25pm broadcasting Series 2 from Monday 3rd January 2000 - Wednesday 19th January 2000 with a second repeat run from Thursday 20th January 2000 - Friday 4th February 2000 at the same times.

After broadcasting both series, It took a break for the channel to premier fellow cartoons Charlie Chalk and Pigeon Street which premiered on Monday 7th and 28th February 2000 at the same times Postman Pat was broadcast, Later on the year after the summer, on Monday 4th September 2000, Gremlyn TV was launched at mornings and teatimes from 6.00am - 6.30am and 6.30pm - 7.00pm and broadcast stop-motion animation programming, Postman Pat was part of the strand alongside fellow favourites Brum , Charlie Chalk , Mr Benn and Pigeon Street on a 4-month loop beginning 4th September 2000 and was broadcast twice on a 4-month loop bringing the total to 8 months altogether, Both series of Postman Pat were broadcast on Gremlyn TV, It was also broadcast at weekends beginning Saturday 30th September 2000 at 6.45am, 9.45am, 1.15pm and 4.15pm and again showed both series until Sunday 24th December 2000

 and then re-started at Episode 1 from Saturday 3rd February 2001 at 6.40am, 9.40am, 1.10pm and 4.10pm until Saturday 7th April 2001 and then broadcasted Series 2 from Sunday 8th April 2001 - Sunday 20th May 2001, It was also broadcast on Choosy Bits under viewer's request from 2001/02.

It was broadcasted on weekends again beginning Sunday 18th November 2001 at 8.10am, 11.10am, 2.10pm and 5.10pm broadcasting Series 1 from Sunday 18th November 2001 - Sunday 30th December 2001 and then broadcasting Series 2 from Saturday 5th January 2002 - Sunday 10th February 2002. Postman Pat continues to be broadcast today on CBeebies since the launch in February 2002, It currently airs at 7.00am alongside Teletubbies and Tweenies . Postman Pat | 20 great TV shows for young children - TV TV Previous slide Next slide 19 of 20 View All Skip Ad Postman Pat This kids' favourite followed postman Pat Clifton and his black and white cat, Jess, in the fictional village of Greendale. Credit: PA © Telegraph Media Group Limited 2017 Your support makes a big difference In order to bring you award-winning content and investigative journalism from your favourite writers, we rely on revenue generated by advertising.

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Question: In the animated children's TV series, what is the surname of the character Postman Pat?
Answer: CLIFTON